Baraja, dismissed; Quique, main candidate

It is a matter of time. He Valenciapenultimate classified in LaLiga EA Sports with only 12 points in 17 games (the same, although one game less, as the lowest club Real Valladolid) just announced the dismissal of their coach, Ruben Baraja.

“Valencia CF has decided to end Rubén Baraja’s time as first team coach. The Club wants to publicly thank him for his passion, his dedication and the commitment he showed from the first to the last day,” said the statement including the that the club has announced the dismissal of Deckwho they refer to “as one of the main legends in the history of Valencia CF.”

The club, which this past Thursday reinforced the image of Deck through its president Lay Hoon Chanwhich gave “full support” to the Valladolid player, now changes course after the draw against Alavés and the first songs of ‘Pipo, go now’ that he lived in Mestalla.

The truth is even Chan as corporate director of the club, Javier Solísthey will deny that the Valencia has studied the market, the club has called on at least two occasions Quique Sánchez Flores to know its conditions.

Quiquewho spent two and a half seasons at Valencia between 2005 and 2007, he is now the main candidate for the court that needs someone with leadership to turn around a dire situation and that leads to Valencia spent Christmas in the relegation positions for the first time since 1982.

Of course, that’s why Quique reach the Valenciathe entity must give him guarantees that he will go to the transfer market, because his conditions are not so much about economic matters, but rather about having the certainty that he will not reach Valencia of this first round, with some injuries and a Rafa Mir who did not play while he was coach of Seville.

However, the battered Valencian economy and the disinvestment of Peter Lim at the club to make any option possible to consider, as was the case in 2015, when option A for Lim That is to an inexperienced Gary Nevillewithout any experience at the head of the club and sunk even more a Valencia saved in the last minute of Pako Ayestarán.

In any case, the output of Deck It is a time and the Valladolid man himself has been aware for several weeks of his internal weakness, as none of the club’s executives, who previously came out to help build the squad, have come out to strengthen him since October .

“After his arrival in February 2023, he helped stabilize the team, saved a complicated situation, and last year he contributed to the implementation of competitive values ​​that brought Valencia CF closer to fighting for the position in Europe until the last days of the championship, “follow the note Valenciawhich blames the departure of Deck on the “dynamics of the results this season”, where the six-time champions of Spain (1942, 1944, 1947, 1971, 2002 and 2004) achieved only two league wins.

A streak that, according to the entity, “requires a decision that is very difficult to make, but which aims to reverse the situation and achieve better results,” added the Valenciaconcluding by wishing “the best of luck and much success in the future for Rubén Baraja.”